BHAIRAVI MAHAVIDYA

               BHAIRAVI MAHAVIDYA           Goddess Bhairavi . As the fifth Mahavidya or the Wisdom Goddesses, Bhairavi is a popular and fierce Goddess. She is the Goddess of Decay. Her consort is Bhairava. Bhairavi has facets and epithets that assert her cosmic importance, if not supremacy. Bhairavi’s name means ‘terrifying’ and she is also known as Tripura Bhairavi which implies that she is the supreme terror in the three worlds. According to the commentary on the Parashurama-kalpasutra, Bhairavi is derived from the words ‘bharana’ meaning to create, ‘ramana’ meaning to protect, and ‘vamana’ meaning to emit or disgorge. She shares many characteristics with Goddess Kali.           Bhairavi means one who inspires terror or awe, she is oftentimes referred to with a more formal name, Tripura- Bhairavi – the Goddess of the three places, towns, pura, which some Yogis identify with the thr...